weather

The heat goes on — and so do the records. April 2016 showed record warmth, rounding out a full year of record-breaking monthly temperatures for the Earth.

Researchers knew California’s drought was a record-breaker when they set out to find its exact place in history, but they were surprised by what they discovered...

Trapping boats in ice and preventing waterfront industries from functioning; 2015's intense winter continues to wreak havoc across the Great Lakes and Northeast regions.

New research is showing that rising sea levels will sink Miami in the not-so-distant future. The question has become less about if, but when South Florida will sink.

At least several hundred boats were damaged when roofs at six marinas on Norris Lake in Tennessee collapsed over their slips as snow and ice coated sections of the state.

Waterways from Pittsburgh to Maine are dealing with colder-than-normal weather and that has created challenges for boat traffic, as well as for the Coast Guard, the group tasked with keeping channels passable.

What some are calling the worst storm of the decade is expected to hit California's Bay Area tonight and Thursday, prompting the Coast Guard to issue an alert for boaters.

Despite being down graded from a Typhoon, Nuri could still set records when she hits Alaska and the Aleutians in the coming days as it brings high seas and gale-force winds to the upper Pacific Northwest.

A sloop en route from California to Hawaii got caught in Hurricane Julio in August, and the crew was rescued because they were able to communicate their distress even though the boat was 400 miles from the islands.

The unofficial end of summer is delivering big surf on the U.S. East and West coasts as hurricanes Cristobal and Marie churn in the Atlantic and Pacific, throwing tremendous energy onto the shore.

The National Hurricane center is keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Bertha, which is currently located just east of the Lesser Antilles.